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FILE NAME: Uniroyal (UNIR) DATE: 1959 July 25 DOC#: UNIR017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: US Rubber Co. Report - Annual Asbeston Medical & X-Ray Surveys & Medical Control Program & Asbeston Plant Safety United States Rubber Company * tahk M itt* - aE, 0 m ills MOOAMSVl tt e , OA. Jo ly 25, 1959 fi PLAINTIFF'S i EXHIBIT i UR - 42 tMCftAL orricc TCKTILC Division *** niaMii vein so.N Y. * e d i c l i nM d Dx ! r t J 8s i i i e y s * P lA i t h n f B? o t l i e r o f o o r a n n u a l A s b e s to n v e y h a s been e x p la in e d to * e a c b A sb esto n * # * >UT*>0Se t h ^ s " l a u r to be o c c a sio n a l Q u e st* n ,f!! A sbeston em ployee, th e re s t i l l th e A sb e sto n m ? " 9*1" ' * ad r u a o r * " out t h i s M d ,S ?S t I n o r d e r t o answer* ... . , t h is program and a x p S iS C om 2?i J ?," f y have * to f u r th e r d e scrib e n f t? r * I I ^ o y in s n a il ir o u D ^ iid 1 '^ * plan t0 * e e t w ith 11 ?Ii f i e d by y o u r o v e rs e e r o r ^ s h i f t i!!* S S ,c *Pny t i n e . You w i l l be fo r your group m eeting 1 ? ? :I t , suP*rv l# o r of the tin e and p lace a e e tin g s w i n answ er any q u e s tio n * ^ b P* th a t th is l e t t e r and th e se P la n t and our m edical a n d ^ x i y ^ j J m " y have about our A sbeston l i s h i n g a m a n u f a c t u r t l l g ^ i * 0? ? 8^ , / * ^ , s e r l o u s l y c o n s id e re d e s t a b - illtliV* yaT S a " d ^ i b r t c " i w i w ? i f " w l r i the P ^ i n g of in v o lv e d . Company e n g in e e rs and o u t S ^ .L*?! occuP tio n a l h a z a rd b S t e n Si n e ***ing f i r m s i n th e u i * + f J nl i U`t a n t s * i n c l u d i n g some im p ro v em en ts i n d u s t c o n t r o l 3^ 0^ 1 9 * 1 2 i i n Si i I e^ Khar e da v a s t l i t . F o r many y e a r s we h av e m***??1 !fh! n th e A s b e s to n P l a n t was TT hhisi ^i sr da cf o Sn taifneut iyn gr *pcrooggnraizme d fbi^- twh ii 'Gc ieoo rrgeiaf r Di eCpOarUtmntSenWt eol1f Hb eelaolwt h t b e f u r th e r improve d u st A s b K t l i P la n T f * .' su p p le m e n te d 1* t h e ^ e r i ^ d ? s a f e t J P1-0* TM " i n t h e an annual p h y sic al e x S in illo n fill . ? eBe5t * -ra y su rv ey K ith we e n g ag e d an o u t s ta n d in g c h e s t A sbeston em ployee. To do t h i s W ells o f Newnanj G eorgia? * ^ ^ d o f c i s t and in te r n is t, D r. John G?' SiDC6 1953 e bfiCSUVA Af * . , we have d e e a e d i t a d v i s a b i ^ t r i i 1 * ltm g c h an * C3 *h*ch have o c c u r r e d A s b e s to n P l a n t . W i t T ^ p r ^ . i ? 0S I i i ? hn " Se r f **>1?*** f r o T T h r fro m tim e t o tim e ,f t h a t oo it nh ee rr AA ssbbeesatot ini 1?em p^loyees w i lPl obgerommovietd, mfaoyr b e , g 2 - xb p u rp o s e o f t h i s __ _ . '"****. 195J h o u u S i i , , . * 1? c o n f=ihao n tni ur Lh r . f " ?S,,%!o **f 0* Pr * h*rr,* ff r"o1, e"h JnJe".. cobs n i t h l s t u u / p S S S S *uch timing, S ' i J e S S e S f>im r -- ____ _ K ith our present - . sa s h x 5 F ^ t# S t7 ^ 0! - syss a s -w .. - S" i 0& T ^ \ l l t s r s p * " " T> rr * ? e s s S 5 ^ ' t ^ s i W * " " - " ``t r lnt " ^ ^ lM s s a <tr 5 to a sb e s to s dust eaP ly s, and Khere t , z L s r s s i 'S g To f u r t h e r ie p ro v , th e . ... ** -V : Z T * Co* p a n y r c o g n i* e s I t s under th e Conpeny p l E r ? " ^ " a i , ^ l P h W i 'o ^ s t i n ^ J J i g r j j r " - th e Co.pany hss p u r. O f f i c e i n * v . l s e 9 puent i s b e i L 2 P? ! n * re c o n a e n d e d by P O t c . i i * ' ? A e S . d S V 1" " ?*. L P .IS Z 1* * r . K e l a ' t M t - * s ^ * " h , * r s s s s r d 'a - s ^ " " - ; The A sb e sto n P la n t o v e r ew S ro every ^ 2^ g i ^ " " " ' " 5 S K g > ; : l w a s 7h s: i a S - " " K *r 8 - teap ted to cover in `th f i'f i i t w i " out " y of th * S in c e re ly , *&/ACL A. C. lin k M anager 25, 1959 mr United Stales Rubber Company * l u s - i e **ILU WOGAWSVIcLt. GA. J r l y 25, 1955 r u i Mtec 0>v:jfOn ! now n e a rin g th e com pletion of a n o tn e r of o a r annual A sbesto ^ W a }' ? u rv *ys* A lthough the p u rp o se o f t h i s a n n u a l s u r - t o ^ b c c a J L n a 1o i ^ i n c eaC5 ls b e s to n P lb y e e, th e r e s t i l l a p p e a r the A sbestonPlant nS * Bd ru a o rs abo* t h i s p r o s a r and ab o u t ti heSi , .r ;p i o s i LttSaMn "d e' x p lLa iSn UCc !oteip0ann$y pr oo,"l i. ,cIiae-vs ,b*vree p*nlaan t ot o f auer et ht ewr itdhe saclrlib e noi-if S 5 f P l o ye e s . io a l l groups and on Company tim e . Tou v i l i be For L l0yir U fi s u p e r v is o r V ^ J t tLse L d place i e e t i n v i ^ . "! * 1 s i ??r e l r Hope t h a t t h i s l e t t e r a n / t b e s e PP llaanr tt anHd o^ur ma nesdyiec ar .l a nanyd QXu-ersatyio npsrogyroaumm. ay have ab o u t our A sbesto i s n t ya S- s ? ,r 9 , +Vh*n t h e .Coepany f i r s t s e r i o u s l y c o n sid e re d e s t a b - c u l n f u n a t a t Hogan svi l i e f o r th e p ro c e s s in g of involved we * e r aware o f th e o c c u p a tio n a l h a z a rd o f th I * h M * C2SB nr *? i n * ?r s a ?d o u ts id e c o n s u lta n ts ,- in c lu d in g s o k e n g in e e rin g f i r m s in th e U nited S t a t e s , have made v a s t im provem ents m d u st c o n t r o l sin c e 1941 when th e A sbeston P la n t was e+. ; / .Fo " a "y Pe a r s we have m ain tain ed d u st c o u n ts w e ll below i n - 5f *t i r # c g n iz e d by the Georgia Departm ent of H e alth . f n t h i r ? TM ^ n ll n ! PTM *1"*. f o r we a re c o n s t a n t ly s t r i v i n g to u rth e r im pro\e dust c o n tro l equipment and m ethods. . v i f * 5 7 ' i r r i e r t0 iB P**ove our h e a lth and s a f e t y program in the in w t w? SuP P iem ented th e p e r i o d i c a l c n e s t X -ray su rv ey w ith " .p h `r s i c a l ^ a m in a tio n , f o r each A sbeston em ployee. To do t h i s , * ii lt s Eo?i * .isevcaon,u tGs teaonr^g ina .? c h e s t r a d i o l o g i s t and i n t e r n i s t . Dr. John G. b ^cause of q u e s tio n a b le lung changes which have o ccurred, . e hz e d * tted _ * 0 \ - i s a t l e t o remove a number o f e m p l o y e e s from t wt A s b e s t o n P l a n t . K i t h t b e p r e s e n t h e a l t h and s a f e t y p r o g r a m i t may be f r om t i m e t o t i m e , t h a t o t h e r A s b e s t o n empl oyees w i l l be moved, f o r 000 A Page 2 - J a lT 2 5 , 15$ th e p u rp o se of t h i s ~-og7-ac J s t o move a p erab c b e fo re fcajTcfol c h a a g e s have o c c u rre d . Any p h y s ic a l changes u n rela te d to c rp e s s re from * jb e - to s d u st w i l l be h e ld a s c o n fid e n tia l b y t h e Cm pany arnd by tb e d o c to r , who w i l l a d v is e a n y em ployee of soch f i n d in g s and recommend t h a t be consult his fam ily p h y sician . Our Company has alw ay s f u l f i l l e d i t s le g a l and a to r a l b l i g a t i o n s . or A sbeston o p e ra tio n s are c la s s if ie d as as ocoapati-onal hazard a w k r tb e G eo rg ia W orkman's Com pensation A ct, and i t l a c e r t a i n l y th e Company's i n t e n t i o n to m eet b o th o u r l # g a l and o r a l a h T - i p * i ^ c - --j- --nTf _ d is a b ility a ris in g out o f the exposure to asb esto s tlnst . V ith o a r p r e s e n t d u s t c o n t r o l s and b a a l th a n d s a f e t y p r og ram, ere a n tic ip a te few, i f any, cases of d is a b ility a ris in g out o f exposure to a s b e s t o s d u s t , beyond tb e p o s s ib l e c a s e s we a a y have .among sone of o a r l o n g - s e r v i c e em ployees who w ere exposed to d u s t d w in g tb e e a r l y days o f o u r A sb e sto n o p e r a t i o n s . Ko p e rso n i n tb e A sb esto n P la n t w i l l be a llo w e d to c o n tin u e w orking in th e p la n t once th e d o c to r recommends b i s re m o v a l. The Company re c o g n iz e s tn a t tb e esp lo y ee sa y d e s ir e t o c o n tin u e employm ent w ith t h e Company and t r a n s f e r t o a n o th e r jo b w i t h in tb e Company, The t r a n s f e r w ill be arran g ed p rovided th e r e i s a p ro p e r job opening and th e employee is q ta lif ie d to f i l l tb e job opening. I f t r a n s f e r w ith in th e Company cannot be a rra n g e d , i t w i l l be n e c e s s a r y to s e v e r th e employment r e l a t i o n s h i p . Tbe Company re c o g n iz e s i t s r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s to em ployees, and where employees a re term in ated due to a sb e sto s dust exposure, they w ill be paid term in a tio n allow ance or d i s a b i l i t y a llo w a n c e , w h ic h e v e r i s a p p lic a b le .under tb e Company p l a n . To f u r t h e r im p ro v e th e m e d ic a l c o n tr o l p ro g ra a , t h e Company has p u r chased a d d itio n a l p h y s ic a l te s tin g equipm ent, a s recommended by D r. W e lls . T h is equipm ent i s b ein g s e t ap i n i t i a l l y a t D r. Well6* o f f i c e i n Kewnaun, and i n th e e v en t o f any s s s p i c i o u s c h an g es w hich a r e n o t c le a r ly d e f in a b le , th e employee w ill be re q n e ste d t o jxndergo these, t e s t s as p a rt of h is p h y sic al exam ination. The A sbeston P la n t over th e years has provided maployment f o r bundrecls o f p eo p le in th e H o g a n sv ille a r e a . Tbe p ro d u c ts m an u factu rered have been v a lu a b le c o n tr ib u tio n s to the home, to in d u s tr y , .and to our m i l i tary establishm ents. T h e re a r e many i n d u s t r i e s nieb a r e c la s s e d a s h a z a rd o u s , some o f wtr a r e f a r more h azard o u s th a n tb e p ro c e ss in g o f a s b e s to s f i b e r s . With o u r p r e s e n t d u s t c o n t r o l eq u ip m en t, w hich we a r e c o n s t a n t ly im p ro v in g , w ith a good h e a lth and s a fe ty program, and w ith tb e cooperation of e v e ry employee in th e A sbeston P lan t in m ain tain in g sa fe work c o n d i t i o n s and s a f e w o rk in g h a b i t s , we car. ex p ect t o o p e ra te th e A sb esto n P la n t s a f e ly and p r o f ita b ly in tbe years to come. P if 3 - t ^ W c S r ^ jr E s i ' S ia cc n lj, a/iC L .% C L . (-- . ' X. C . Ltt J a lj *5t i** V CC00 : G4 -fO < V V/ IgAi? Unitsd States Rubber Company !T i R* *'<-!. Rt r r. illi HOuiKSVlixE ^ July 2C, 295: ' "c_ / ^ ' / yxf C i f - 7A {: C - CswrA_ orric*- .' 1 **f *; j>0 fc."CAJ f\ 1 S e s r E l-J a.-d G ladstone: "e are no" hsa*^'r -* ,__ _ . . _ ms eeddiiccaal l " n d T ^ 1 M cc= ^ ftt^ *o f o t h e r c f ocr -- S i . ^ S S i T S i ; * $ ? ta: * - .w P2" * - J=er- **><>* tSM propma. *a= ib cu t ta r A sbestos In order t o answer trv prosr _ , to fvrU,er d,.= rike th i( employees, ir, K a i l c r o u - - ' S ,, ? r l ' p3*n * *e t *itfc a l l Aebeston your crrereeer or s ^ ift rjsev>'r- e ^OJ* K ill be n o tif ie d \yr tins. I h" r S t L ; i t " "* ? - io r 7.- A~ray program, o e -^ o a plant t i our m edical and Ae a r lr 193?, when the Coma-- .. ,, ' r ftT-a fic tu r ir -" CKit a t K o r r . ^ V i / ; ; : \ * erior,i"^ J ii:i2idc-'^ e o ta U i* o ia fa b r ic s , ve were evre o f ( u . e I ~ ' f . r *J- Free*BE c f -asbestos Ter^Tand IUtnaittSed-'SSt"a1:te s , have nadi T__t' BO=e w~ toe be=^ ngm eerinCr" f->v-n - ir, ts* . th .%Ab t - Plant, va* u n t^ Fc! r^ ! nl ^ ;Ln dust w n tr o l fin e - 2 9 U , when i S t v e l ^ ? n *ta r-d4ri c f a f e t r e s t ^ l i s l ^ oast counts n e J t . i , This i s a continuinr cron-- r~ l' "i . ***' '**=r&*6 S epartaent of Qust control eouiaw nt and a-thoda. . j w * -* to fertner P la n t, ?Ce s u p . S c e n t e ^ S ^ - i o i l S l " '^ ^ 2 ^ proeni:L 1:1 e is o - f u r . Phyaical a e in a tic n for ^ ^ m raC ou tstan d in f cheat r a d lo lo c is t an-* , n*er> . tjC dc ^ 'enpai^d an Neman, Geor^La. - .n ^ m a t , f e . John u. W ells, K. of Sine- 1953, because of ouertien-i. w have^oe-ned i t adriaable te r * r ^ i \ rlan ,,, with the present h ea ltv t - - to tin e, that other r*-.- a., ^llf. *iV ^ S ~ lJ l:Ach erred, ve a^pxoyeej iron the Asbestcr f r . time pregrar; i s to ee\-e a nersor. b efore'ha--^-' changes unrelated to a s s u r e fror. f<r the p,"rPOVf o f th is * T Physical t..e Con.;.an;.- and by the d o etc- >^c ^ ' 1 * C""* ---- *>e beld i oor.fider.tial br reco-rend th at he con su lt hi ea^ lo ^ e <=-f such fin d in gs and CoTL>rn' h.s alvavs f i ' i . - ,, . , -- operations arc c l a s r i f i l d tI ^ ^ M t i S i a T h a S S 1 b l l ^ Uor`5- Aabeston or.pensation Act and i t i t ce'i.tin lv * th e Cn-- under the Georgia Worhnar.' certa in ly tne Co^any' s in ten tio n to r e e l both our 0 001 0 0 1 ** " #e or " W iJ tj rising cut o f the AsDestor. 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